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They spend time thousands of meters under water.

Sperm whales can dive very deep. However, COVID-19 has eliminated most of the revenue that funds our work. The stories get bigger with mass strandings or if the explosion is particularly gory. South Korean likely marooned in North Korea waters, reports say. In 1996, 320 pilot whales washed up on the coast of Western Australia, in what was then reported to be the country’s biggest mass stranding. SYDNEY (Reuters) – The majority of a 470-strong pod of pilot whales found stranded off Australia’s remote southern coast has died, officials said on Wednesday, as rescuers struggled in freezing waters and fading light to free those still alive. Australia Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has said he's "very disappointed" at Tokyo's decision to resume whaling in the Antarctic Ocean.

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At least twelve sperm whales have beached themselves on North Sea coasts.

A female sperm whale weighs 15 metric tons, a male up to 60 tons.

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If the carcass lies on the beach or elsewhere for too long, the pressure in the inside might get so high that the body ruptures. Due to the sheer scale of this comment community, we are not able to give each post the same level of attention, but we have preserved this area in the interests of open debate. The group, which is the biggest beaching in the country’s modern history, were first spotted a wide sandbank during an aerial reconnaissance of rugged Macquarie Harbour in Tasmania state on Monday.

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Photo courtesy of Tasmania's Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment, The roughly 450 whales is Tasmania's largest-ever mass stranding event. Other options include removing the whale using a crane on land, The Local has reported. In the inside of a whale, under anaerobic conditions (no oxygen), decomposition processes release ammonia as well as poisonous hydrogen sulfide with the characteristic foul odor of rotten eggs. "I think we have a really good chance of getting more off the sandbar and out through the gates," he said. An exploding whale is a relatively rare occurrence. "In Tasmania, this is the biggest that we have recorded.".

Sept. 23 (UPI) -- French authorities evacuated the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Wednesday after police received a bomb threat, officials said. Authorities are busy removing dead whale carcasses.

The 25m-long blue whale emitted a powerful smell which spread through the town of Trout River, Newfoundland, local clerk Emily Butler said at the time.